Study on Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction with Qishen Granules

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-85
SponsorGuangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

About this trial

With the cardiopulmonary exercise testing as the primary outcome, the study aims to evaluate the efficacy of Qishen Granules on cardiac function, quality of life and biomarker level of patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), which will provide evidence for the treatment of HFpEF with traditional Chinese medicine.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

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Age 18-85 years old

Heart failure was diagnosed ≥ 3 months before enrollment, The heart function classification II-IV of New York Heart Association (NYHA)

has ≥ 1 of the following: 1) Structural heart disease (left atrial enlargement and/or left ventricular hypertrophy) recorded by echocardiography at the time of enrollment;2)Hospitalization due to heart failure within 12 months before enrollment

Disqualifiers

Patients with decompensated heart failure

Glomerular filtration rate (eGFR)<30mL/min/1.73m 2

Atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter with obvious liver disease or ALT, AST 3 times higher than the upper limit of normal

Symptomatic hypotension or systolic blood pressure (SBP)<100mmHg at the time of inclusion or baseline

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Qishen Granules
  • Placebo

Treatment groups

80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups